H.S. Basketball Roundup: Lake's buzzer-beater wins it for Whalers

Members of the Sweeney family applaud as a portrait of late Waterford High School Athletic Director Francis X. Sweeney is unveiled at the Waterford Fieldhouse, which was renamed in his honor Saturday night.

Published January 05. 2014 12:01AM | Updated January 05. 2014 12:09AM

Waterford - Seth Lake's 3-pointer as time expired Saturday night gave the New London High School boys' basketball team a 57-55 victory over Waterford in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division game at the newly dedicated Francis X. Sweeney Fieldhouse.

Lake and Collin Sawyer scored 15 points apiece for the Whalers (3-1, 2-0) who overcame an early nine-point deficit to lead by eight entering the fourth period.

• Woodstock took a 23-5 lead after one quarter and went on to beat East Lyme 54-32 in an ECC Large Division game. Chris Lowry scored 15 and John McGinn had 13 points for Woodstock (5-1, 1-1). Dean Beebe led East Lyme (1-5, 0-2) with seven points.

• Jacob Ballachino scored 27 points in Old Lyme's 73-54 loss to undefeated East Hampton in the Shoreline Conference. The Wildcats (2-3, 1-3) trailed by 20 at halftime. The Bellringers are 5-0, 3-0.

• Olivia DelGrosso scored 16 points and Hannah Hutchinson added 11 points to lead Ledyard past New Milford, 50-25. Hannah Lawrence had seven rebounds and Ari Fustini had eight assists for the Colonels (5-1), who jumped out to an 18-4 lead in the first quarter.

• New London outscored Waterford 35-15 in the second and third quarters and went on to a 57-36 victory in an ECC Medium Division game. Lexus Childs-Harris had 14 points, Charee Osborne scored 13 and Deanna McCarvell had 11 points for New London (5-1, 3-0). Kelly Dugan led Waterford (3-4, 1-2) with 12 points.

• Colleen Durkee scored 11 points to lead East Lyme to a 45-28 win over Woodstock in the ECC Large Division. Hannah LaBeau scored eight and Jenna Schumacher had eight rebounds for East Lyme (6-2, 2-1).

• Hannah Behringer scored 13 points and Sloane Sweitzer added eight in Old Lyme's 49-30 loss to East Hampton in the Shoreline Conference. The Wildcats fell to 2-3, 2-3.

Kevin Johnson of Waterford hits the deck after knocking the basketball away from Seth Lake of New London, left, in the second quarter of Saturday night's game at the Francis X. Sweeney Fieldhouse in Waterford. Lake's 3-pointer as time expired gave New London a 57-55 victory.